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Auction 143, Lot 545

"[Lot or 2] Cercles de Westphalie, Haut et Bas Rhin… [and] L'Alemagne Divisee en Tous ses Cercles avec les Pays qui en dependent…", Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Subject: Germany

Period: 1766 (dated)

Publication: Atlas General et Elementaire

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20.5 x 14.8 inches
52.1 x 37.6 cm
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Pair of copper engraved maps showing parts of the 18th century German Empire. They are beautifully decorated with title cartouches, elaborate rococo borders and flanked by panels of French text.

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Condition: B+

Original color with minor soil and a couple short tears in margins not affecting text or maps.

Estimate: $180 - $240

Unsold

Closed on 2/13/2013

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